Folding cot.



l. CVC0N`NALLY L l. D. RUSSELL. FOLDING COT. APPLICAUQN FLED JAN. a. 1917.

1 ,246,7 1 6. Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

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`J. C. CONNLLY :L-J. D. RUSSELL.

FOLDING COT.

APPLICATION min MN. a 19x?.

2 SHEETS-SHE fragment of the cot;

braced to produce unusual vstrength and 'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES C. CONNALLY AND JOI-IN D. RUSSELL, 0F JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

FOLDING COT.

Application led January 8,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMEs C. C ONNALLY and JOHN D. RUSSELL, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Jacksonville, in the county of Duval'and l'Sta-te of Florida, have invented certain new and uscful Improvements in Folding Cots, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to folding cots and particularly to a foldable cot in which the canvas or bed bottom is held in place without the use of side rails, means being provided for stretching the'canvas laterally and holding it in shape though vthe Vsaid device has sliding action which will operate under the weight of the occupant of the cot so that it will permit the canvas to assume positions which will insure comfort to the occupant. 1 1

A still further object of this invention is to provide a cot having foldable sections durability; furthermore, the invention consists in the provision of a foldable head rest having novel means by which theV said head rest is held extended or in operative position to support the head of the occupant of the cot.

With the foregoing andiother objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, andy in Y which Figure l illustrates a view in elevation of a cot structure embodying the invention;

Fig.v 2 illustrates an underneath plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 illustrates a sectional view on ther line 3 3 of Fig. l; Y

Fig. 4 illustrates a perspective view 'of a Fig. 5 illustrates a perspective View of fragments of the cot at the end opposite that shown in Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 illustrates a perspective 'view of a fragment of the frame; and

Fig. 7 illustrates a perspective view of a v Specicaton of Letters Patent.

" an extension 27 coupling 28,

f 'Patented Nov. 13, 1917. 1917. serialNo. 141,293.

fragment of the strut member and a fragmeit of a tension member applied thereto; an

Fig. Sillustrates a perspective View of a fragment of oneof the legs, and means for bracing the same.

'In these drawings 10 denotes the legs and as they arel all of the same construction, a description of one willv suffice as a description of all of them. Each leg has its upper end mounted on a stud or pivot 11, the said pivot 11 extending through an ear 12v of the bracket or coupling 13, the said bracket V13 being oscillatably mounted on the pivot struction to be hereinafter described.

which strut-piece com-` prises pivoted sections 17 and 18, of a con- The bracketv13`has ears 19 to which the i posts 20 are connected by the members 21 so that the-legs and posts may articulate on the bracket and be moved to nested positions so that the cot when knocked downy will occupy comparatively small space. The upper end of each post has an aperture 22 to receive ai hook 23'and the said post is further provided with anaperture 24 for receiving hook 25 being bent to forma loop 2.6 with extending at a tangent to the shank of the hook 25, the said extension 27 constituting a brace'for a purpose to be presently explained.

The hooks of the posts at the head of the vc ot are connected'by a lliexible member 28 to which the fabric constituting the bed bottom is connected by means of the hooks 30,

the said hooks being secured on the fabric by stitching or the like (not shown) and the a hook 25, theshank of the said said hooks" engage the flexible memberV or as stated. A jointed brace 31 is pivotally connected to the upper end of each of the lposts 2O and the lower end of the said jointed brace is pivotally connected to the lower endof a leg 10 at the head of the cot. The hooks 23 are intended as attachments for the flexible members 32 to which the sides of the fabric 29 are connected, and these flexible members are connected to the posts at the foot of the gcot by means of the metalliceyes 33, which eyes are engaged by" clips 34 passing f wedged between the braces.

or the frame just described may 'bility and their inner ends 'a pivot 58 and the said strut-pieces have cut `away portions 59 and 6() which to constitute clearances for the links or ele- Y ments constituting the through links extending from the posts 20 at the foot of the cot. The clip 34 hasl its end engaged by a loop 36 whereby it is' retained in positionvto exert pull or tension on the flexible member whichit controls. A hook 37 engages each of the posts 20 at the foot and the said hook has an extensionV 38 forming a guide as will presently appear. The hooksl 37 at the foot are connected by a cable or flexible member 39 to be engaged by hooks 40 attached to the fabric 29, so that through the use of the 4hooks 30 and 40, the said fabric is connected toy the framework of the cot at the head and foot.

A jointed brace 41 is pivotally connected to the-post and leg on each side of the cot at the foot, and the feet at the head and foot of the cot are held in spaced relation transversely by the jointed braces 42, which jointed braces are pivotally connected to the said feet. A foot yextension frame comprising the arms 43 and 44 and the cross rod 45 which is connected t0 the arms by the pivots 46 and 47, constitutes a support for an extension 49 of the fabric forming ,the bedbottom, and the said extension 49 is connected to the bar by hooks 50. Arms 43 and 44 i are preferably tubular and they extend between the shank of the hook37 and the extension 38 of said hook and the endsof said arms are thrust longitudinally of the cot until they are engaged by hooks 51, which hooks are secured to the flexible member 32 in any well known manner. A foldable head rest is applied to the structure and it comprises two arms 52 and a bar 53 pivotally connected to the arms, brackets 54 to which the arms are pivotally connected and supporting members 55, which supporting members extend approximately vertically in engagement with the extension 27 of the hook 25 and said supports, at the lower ends, are cut away to form grooves 56 which provide clearances for the braces 31so that the supporting members sliding down the braces 31 engage the said braces and are held by the said braces and by the extension of the hook 25. If desired,the supporting members 55 may have stops 57 to engage the hooks for the purpose of eliminating their downward movement butsuch stops are not absolutely vnecessary for the reason that the braces 31 are inclined slightly and in their descent, the supporting members 55 are The head rest be provided with canvas or other substitute.

The sections 17 and 18 of the strut-piece are preferably made of stamped sheet metal of such gage as to insure rigidity and ,duraare mounted on are intended braces of the frame,

.spring is connected'to a yield to `through the strut-pieces. rduplicated at each end of the frame y the cot will occupy lof the cot whereas the pivot 63 will permit `the arnito oscillate longitudinally, so that vby the'joints indicated, each arm 64" has nearly a universal movement with respect to the strut-piece.

A spring 65 is connected to a hinge on each side and the opposite end of the said lever 66, the said lever being` pivoted 'onthe end of an arm 64, itbeing understood that these parts are duplicated on the two sides of the cot. The upper end of the lever isrecessed to form a seat 67 which engages the flexible member extending longitudinally of the cot and to which the cot and bottom is attached. When the cot vis occupied, they springs 65 y the weight of the occupant and the levers 66 oscillate so thata spring action is aorded, making the cotvery comfortable. In order to brace the structure, brackets 68 extend downwardly from thev pivot, the

-lower ends of the said brackets converging and having a -pin 69 extending through them, which pin constitutes a fulcrum for ,a plateA 7 0, the said plate having slots 71 and 72 therein to: receive thev ends of lbraces which are duplicated at each end of the cot. That is to say, the braces extend from the front andy rear legs and are` connected to the plate and, therefore, a. description of one of the braces will suffice as a disclosure of the other. t

It will be observed, therefore, that the 'braces comprise links 73 and 7 4 pivoted'respectively to the legs onthe right and left hand sides of the cot and that the said links have theends remote from the legs pivotally connected to aplate 75 and another link 76 is pivotally connected to the said plate, and the said link 7 6 has an angular end or hook 77 which enters the slot of the plate.

As a further means for bracing the structure, jointed links arev pivot-ally connected to the plate 70 and on pivots extending and a description of those at one end will suffice for an understanding of the other. The. last mentioned brace comprises a link 77 pivotally mounted to the plate 70, a short plate 78 to whichv the said link y77 is pivoted and a link 79 pivotally connected to the said plate 78 and to apin 8O extending transversely of a section of the strut piece.

By reason of the numerous joints, the braces may be folded so that the parts of a relatively small space and as pro-vision has been made for pivoting the sections of the strut-piece and for pivottThese parts arek ing the legs so that they may be folded or nested, the whole structure may be compactly bundled for transportation or storage and When the cot is to be set up, the parts thereof can be readily assembled to produce a rigid and effective frame.

l/Ve claiml. In a cot, front and rear supporting structures, a bed bottom applied to the rear and front structures and supported thereby, levers connected to the sides of the said bed bottom, means to which each lever is pivotally connected, means for pivotally connecting the last mentioned means to the supporting structure, and means for exerting tension on the said levers.

2. In a cot, front and rear supporting structures, a bed bottom supported from the rear and front structures, levers connected to the sides of the said bed bottom, means to which each lever is pivotally connected, means for pivotally connecting the last mentioned means to the supporting structure, means for exerting tension on said levers, and a head rest connected to the said frame.

3. In a cot, front and rear supporting Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the structures, a bed bottom supported from the rear and front structures, levers connected to the sides of the said bed bottom, a meinber for supporting each of the said levers, means for connecting the said last mentioned means to the supporting structure, means for exerting tension on said levers, and posts supported by the structure and having eX- tensions constituting a head rest.

4f. In a cot7 legs, brackets to Which the upper ends of the legs are connected7 a strut to which the brackets are connected, standards extending upwardly from the said brackets, a bed bottom, means for connecting the bed bottom to the standards, a plate intermediate the length i' the said cot, braces extending from the lower ends of the legs to the said plate, braces extending from the said plate to the strut, levers, means for mounting the levers to swing transversely of the cot, means for connecting the bed bottom to the said levers, and means for exerting a pull on the said levers for stretching the bed bottom.

' JAMES C. CONNALLY. JOHN D. RUSSELL.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

